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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom tells us that as a young teenager Mary liked to "experiment" with boys. Whom does he NOT suspect her of sleeping with?
(a) Dick Crick.
(b) Harold Metcalf.
(c) Freddie Parr.
(d) Tom Crick himself.

2. Which of the following does NOT draw Mary and Tom closer together?
(a) They both escape to the ruined windmill together in the afternoons.
(b) They both grew up without a mother.
(c) They both have odd older brothers.
(d) They both take the same train to school every day.

3. What does Tom Crick find in the river that he thinks caused the bruise that killed Freddie Parr?
(a) A cricket bat with an odd indentation and a label that reads F.P.
(b) A beer bottle from the defunct Atkinson brewery.
(c) A wrench Dick uses to fix his motorbike.
(d) A metal ball from a slingshot Tom has seen Jack Parr use to kill birds.

4. What is the landscape the novel is set in?
(a) The coastline of Cornwall.
(b) The Fens in eastern England.
(c) The docks of East London.
(d) The Lake District in northern England.

5. What is the object that Dick Crick treats like it is a real person?
(a) His barge engine.
(b) His motorbike.
(c) His father's radio.
(d) His dead mother's sewing machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Henry Crick's occupation?

2. What does Tom Crick tell his students is the question humans must always ask about history?

3. What gives the Atkinsons the decisive advantage over the other brewers in the Gildsey area?

4. To what does Tom Crick compare the soil of the Fens?

5. The headmaster of the school where Tom Crick teaches history thinks Tom should retire from his job. Why?

(see the answer key)

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